Re: [PATCH 4/5] pata: Update experimental tags

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 19 November 2009 22:36:50 Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On 11/18/2009 01:19 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 November 2009 15:51:39 Alan Cox wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox<alan@linux.intel.com>
> >> ---
> >>
> >>   drivers/ata/Kconfig |    8 ++++----
> >>   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >> index f2df6e2..36931e0 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
> >> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ config PATA_HPT366
> >>   	  If unsure, say N.
> >>
> >>   config PATA_HPT37X
> >> -	tristate "HPT 370/370A/371/372/374/302 PATA support (Experimental)"
> >> +	tristate "HPT 370/370A/371/372/374/302 PATA support"
> >>   	depends on PCI&&  EXPERIMENTAL
> >>   	help
> >>   	  This option enables support for the majority of the later HPT
> >> @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ config PATA_HPT37X
> >>   	  If unsure, say N.
> >>
> >>   config PATA_HPT3X2N
> >> -	tristate "HPT 372N/302N PATA support (Experimental)"
> >> +	tristate "HPT 372N/302N PATA support"
> >>   	depends on PCI&&  EXPERIMENTAL
> >>   	help
> >>   	  This option enables support for the N variant HPT PATA
> >
> > Maybe they are 'stable' but when it comes to features they are behind hpt366
> > (i.e. they lack PCI PM), which is also much cleaner than your drivers, easier
> > to understand and much smaller..
> 
> That sounds like an ACK to Alan's patch, to me ;-)
> 
> A libata driver can be stable, yet not have all the features of drivers/ide.
> 
> That said, I do agree that libata drivers need to have the features 
> found in the drivers/ide/ drivers.

Feel free to add them Mr. Maintainer. :)

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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz